Re: Bash equivalent to DOS /p

[Duggan <wayjen6@dodo.com.au>]

John Summerfield wrote:

> Rus Foster wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Duggan wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> > > I know that this is a really n00bish question, but I have to ask.  
> > > What is the command that limits output from a command to just a page 
> > > at a time, like the /p command in DOS?
> > >
> > > Thankyou
> > >
> > > Elijah
> > >
> > >   
> >
> >
> >
> > Try
> >
> > cmd | less
> >
> >  
> summer@Dolphin:~$ cmd | less
> -bash: cmd: command not found
Yeah, thats what I did first and said it didn't work.  From all the 
imput I think the following is a clear way to express it:

/command/ 2>&1 | less

where:
- the "command" is the specific function or action to be performed
- "2>" is the instruction to direct (the errors?) to stderr
- "&1" is the instruction to duplicate these error messages to stdout
- "| less" is the instruction to output the result of the command to less.

Is this right?  Just out of curiosity what exactly is stderr and stdout?

You guys are great!

Elijah